"NEW YORK (AP) - Britney Spears' family says "Dr. Phil" McGraw crossed the line by not keeping his mouth shut after making a house call on the singer last week.

Lou Taylor, a business manager for Spears' mother, Lynne, and younger sister, Jamie Lynn, appeared on NBC's "Today" show Wednesday and said McGraw had betrayed the family's trust by talking to the media about Spears' mental health after showing up at the 26-year-old pop star's hospital room on Saturday for a visit. "

I am just so glad to know where the Spears' draw the line. Apparently DUIs, teen pregnancy, drug use are o.k., but not for a talk show host to, er, talk.

Did they make clear whether he was coming to see them in his professional capacity as therapist or as a media personality? One of those is supposed to include confidentiality as part of his professional services. Maybe they should have tried Dr. Drew Pinsky instead. "Dr. Laura" might have been a fun choice.

Next time go to a counselor/therapist who doesn't have an audience of millions and their own huge ego to feed.

I've seen the show, used to do a so-so imitation of him to get at people I knew who liked his show.

I hadn't considered this being a sympathy ploy by the family with the not-good Dr. going along with it since he seems to be bad publicity proof. Now Britney's a victim for once rather than a self-indulgent, bad decision making, undertalented sex object rapidly passing her sell-by date.